COMET HYAKUTAKE

Two images of Comet Hyakutake that I captured during its appearance in March 1996. It
was the first visually significant comet that I had seen and re-awakened an interest in
astrophotography. I wasn't equipped to do long exposures that would reveal details of the
comet's tail, but its brightness helped me obtain some respectable images with a fixed
camera.

I then made plans to be prepared for
Hale-Bopp's appearance in the following year (1997)!

Hyakutake seen against the light polluted skies over
Linlithgow, Scotland; 30sec exposure through a 50mm lens at f/1.4.

An attempt to capture Hyakutake's rapid southerly
movement through the sky (comet is the fuzzy arc lower right). 45min exposure through a
50mm lens at f/8.